Ελεύθερος κόσμος

by Kostas Varnalis, Κώστας Βάρναλης

ΠΡΟΛΟΓΟΣ
Γράφε, Ιστορία, τα ψέματά σου αράδα
και βλόγα το Φονιά, βρίζε το θύμα!
Κι Αρετή, των δρομάκων σουσουράδα,
τον κάθε σωματέμπορά σου τίμα.

Και συ, Νόμε, των άνομων ασπίδα,
σαν τη μαϊμού από κλώνο σ' άλλον πήδα
κι απ' την κορφή με την ουρά κρεμάσου,
να μη γλέπει ο Λαός τα πισινά σου.

Λεφτεριά της χανάκας και του ξύλου,
σφιχτόδενε τ' αξύπνητο χαϊβάνι.
Και συ, ρηγάτο του Κενού, τ' αψήλου
κάμνε το σκλάβο ρήγα, άμα πεθάνει!

Και συ, τσούλα των δήμιων, Επιστήμη,
της Αλήθειας εσχάτη τεφροδόχα,
και συ, πρόστυχη Πένα και ψοφίμι,
του βούρκου λιβανίζετε την μπόχα!

Και συ, Πατριώτη Αγνέ, τη μάσκα φόρα
κι απ' τ' αδέρφια σου, αραδαριά μπροστά σου,
διάλεγε, Γιούδα πάντοτες και τώρα,
για τον ξένο Μολώχ τα θύματά σου.

Αθάνατη και θεία και πεμπτουσία
του βούρκου, χαίρε ώ! χαίρε Προδοσία!...
Φως το χέρι, το πόδι προχωρεί
στον κάμπο κι ό,τι θέλει το μπορεί!...

Κατάγυμνη χορέβει (όλα της φόρα!)
στον τάφο σου, Πατρίδα! Φαλλοφόρα
τουρλώνεται κι ουρλιάζ': «Είναι δικός μου
αφτός ο βούρκος του Ελευθέρου Κόσμου».

Genres: Poetry

95 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1965

About the author

Kostas Varnalis (Κώστας Βάρναλης) was born in Burgas, Bulgaria, in 1884. As his name suggests, his family originated from Varna. He completed his elementary studies in the Zariphios Greek high school in Plovdiv and then moved to Athens to study literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. While there, he became involved in the language dispute, taking the side of the demoticists over the supportres of the katharevousa. After his graduation in 1908 he worked for some time as a teacher in Burgas, before returning to Greece and teaching in Amaliada and Athens. During the next years, he worked as a teacher and part-time journalist, also engaging in translation work. In 1913, he took part in the Second Balkan War.
In 1919 he gained a scholarship and travelled to Paris where he studied philosophy, literature and sociology. It was during his Parisian studies that he became a Marxist and reviewed his ideas on poetry in theory and in practice. His political alignment resulted in his being barred dismissed from his teaching position at the Paedagocical Academny in 1926, and to be barred from any state employment. Varnalis thus took to journalism, a profession he practised until the end of his life. In 1929, he married the poetess Dora Moatsou. In 1935, he participated in the Soviet Writers' Conference in Moscow as Greece's representative. Under the 4th of August Regime, he was sent to internal exile in Mytilene and Agios Efstratios. During the German Occcupation of Greece, he took part in the resistance movement as a member of the National Liberation Front (EAM). In 1959, he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize. Varnalis died in Athens on 16 December 1974.

Reviews

[George · Rating 5 out of 5]

Να κάνεις πληρωμένα φονικά
για ξένα και για ντόπι' αφεντικά
Τα πάντα πράξε και τα πάντα πούλα
σαν να έχεις του εθνικόφρονα τη βούλα

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